batman

Another thing that makes us think he was wounded and is a prisoner is that his 'batman' stayed with him, has never been seen, and is presumed to be a prisoner.

In the garden I fell over the wall and drunkenly hushed my colleague, my 'batman' , the other soldier in this two-person war against the future.

And his 'batman' was a splendid chap and produced tea, you see, with a lovely silver teapot out of the house, and every thing else, in the middle of the battle.

At the risk of annoying my friends in the Army top brass let me add that the institution of a 'batman' or orderly for every army office even at peace stations is archaic and should be done away with.

While his 'batman' stood quietly aside he paced back and forth in front of me a couple of turns, smacking his baton into his hand, then squared off in front of me.